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Wiltshire freeholders
(1625-1645)Inquisitions post mortem were held after the death of freeholders who held their estates in capite or in chief, i. e., directly from the crown. The inquisition, held by the royal escheator upon the oath of jurors from the county who were also normally freeholders, recorded what estates the deceased had held, by what tenure, what they were worth, the date of death, who was the next heir, and whether the heir was of age. The sample scan shows an unusually brief inquisition: these abstracts usually run to two or three pages of print.

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PCC Probates and Administrations
(1649)The Prerogative Court of Canterbury's main jurisdiction was central and southern England and Wales, as well as over sailors &c dying abroad: these brief abstracts, compiled under the title "Year Books of Probates", and printed in 1906, usually give address, date of probate and name of executor or administrator. They are based on the Probate Act Books, cross-checked with the original wills, from which additional details are, occasionally, added. The original spelling of surnames was retained, but christian and place names have been modernised where necessary.

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Treasury and Customs Records
(1685-1688)Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies

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Massachusetts Criminals, Litigants, Lawyers and Jurors
(1673-1692)The only surviving complete volume of the records of the courts held by the Governor and Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay is for the period 1673 to 1692. It was transcribed by John Noble, and published by order of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston, New England, as County Commissioners of the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts. Under English law overseas colonies were generally deemed to fall under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, and were subject to English law varied by local circumstances. These Courts of Assistants therefore also function as Courts of Admiralty; the courts had jurisiction over criminal cases and also in civil disputes between parties. In practice, many of the names that occur in the record are just those of the members of the grand jury and the lesser juries (appointed from among the adult male householders of the colony) before whom the cases were tried.

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Treasury Books
(1700-1701)Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, from October 1700 to December 1701.

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Inhabitants of Salisbury
(1443-1704)A collection of transcripts of churchwardens' accounts from the parishes of St Edmund and St Thomas in Sarum (Salisbury in Wiltshire) by Henry James Fowle Swayne, the Recorder of Wilton, was published by the Wilts Record Society in 1896. The greater part of these accounts relate to expenditure to workmen on the church fabric, and income for rent of pews and the tolling of bells and obsequies for parishioners. There are several sources covered: the churchwardens' accounts for St Edmund's for 1443 to 1461; for St Thomas's 1545 to 1690, and some notes from 1704; and accounts of the stewards of the Fraternity of Jesus Mass founded in St Edmund's.

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Treasury Books
(1708)Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, from January to December 1708. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.

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Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1709)Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies

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Customs Officers
(1715-1716)Abstract of the Treasury declared accounts for the Customs: General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/644/246; Cash Account, Christmas 1715 to Midsummer 1716, AO 1/786/985; Tobacco, General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/645/249, and Cash Account, Midsummer to Christmas 1716, AO 1/787/993; Wines and Vinegar, General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/645/248, and Cash Account, Christmas 1715 to Midsummer 1716, AO 1/786/987; Silks and Linens, General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/645/247, and Cash Account, Christmas 1715 to Midsummer 1716, AO 1/786/986. Most, but not all, of the names which appear in these accounts are those of the customs officers at London and the outports throughout the kingdom.

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Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1717)Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies